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  • Message for the Neighbours
    Message for the Neighbours

    Original title: Sõnum naabritele

    2005 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

    Anti has worked as a TV-set repairman all his life. One day he realizes - it is the world that needs to be repaired.

  • The Table
    The Table

    Original title: Laud

    2004 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Jelena Girlin, Mari-Liis Bassovskaja, Urmas Jõemees

    Vivat, crescat, floreat vagina!

  • Karl and Marilyn
    Karl and Marilyn

    Original title: Karl ja Marilin

    2003 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn

    Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary people, after which he crosses paths with fame-seeking Marilyn. Ordinary Karl is the force that turns Marilyn into an idol of the masses. But not for long…

  • Having Soul
    Having Soul

    Original title: Hing sees

    2002 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

    “Having Soul” is the story of a little boy and his big dream – toy soldiers with souls, who would close their eyes, when dying.

  • Minek
    Minek

    1990 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik

  • Noblesse oblige
    Noblesse oblige

    Original title: Noblesse oblige

    1989 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

    The layer of culture in humans is thin as a wallpaper separating us from the decaying civilization.

  • Silmus
    Silmus

    1989 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Avo Paistik

  • The City
    The City

    Original title: Linn

    1988 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Rein Raamat

  • Theatre Papa Carlo
    Theatre Papa Carlo

    Original title: Papa Carlo teater

    1988 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

    A totalitarian society destroys itself, sooner or later the people cannot take it anymore and then, over papa Carlos a path to the doors of freedom is laid.

  • Spring Fly
    Spring Fly

    Original title: Kevadine kärbes

    1986 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Hardi Volmer, Riho Unt

    A parable examining questions of ethics in human relationships based on the miniature "The Fly, the Cockroach and the Spider" written by Anton Hansen Tammsaare.

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